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Historical Event on 6/23/1894
Edward VIII, king of Great Brit/N-Ireland and emperor of India (1936), was born.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1966 | Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa. |
| 5/31/1997 | Fourth National Games opened at Bangalore. |
| 3/11/1997 | Sadhana Mukherjee, a sex-worker from Calcutta, represents India at the first international conference on prostitution beginning in Los Angeles. |
| 6/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, English writer, was born in Bombay. |
| 2/14/1925 | Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born. |
| 9/7/1931 | The Second Round Table conference began in London and lasted till 1st December, 1931. Congress was solely represented by Gandhi and Muslim League by Sir Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam. Two committees were set up to carry out the work of the conference on Federal Structure and Minorities. Gandhi was the member of both the committees. He claimed that being the sole representative of the Congress, he represented the whole of India. Quaid-e-Azam replied that Muslims are a separate nation. Sir Shafi demanded that the 14 points of Quaid-e-Azam be incorporated in the future constitution. |
| 3/29/1942 | Britain offered dominion status to India after the war if it cooperated now. |
| 7/16/1990 | O.P.Chautala resigns following directive from JD. |
| 9/29/1942 | The British police shot Matangini Hazra, a 72-year old woman of Tamluk town in Midnapur district, when she was leading the flag at Tamluk in August movement procession. |
| 9/7/1996 | Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party. |
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